As we approach heading and flowering time in wheat, early flowering is the time to consider spraying fungicides to protect wheat from Fusarium Head Blight (FHB, or scab). Dr. Darcy Telenko, Purdue ...

Roseau, Minnesota, farmer Richard Magnusson remembers all too well the year 1993, when his fields of wheat became so infected with Fusarium head blight that the best thing to do was set fire to the ...

Imagine if three times as much grain could be obtained from the same amount of wheat plants as is currently possible, using the same amount of land, water and fertilizer. Well, that could soon be ...

A representative MOV-wheat spikelet (a) and spike (b) showing the effect of the Mov-1 locus on grain number. Regular bread wheat has one grain per spikelet. University of Maryland researchers ...

Against this backdrop, a research team led by Dr. Guozhang Kang and Dr. Gezi Li from Henan Agricultural University, China, ...

University of Maryland researchers discovered the gene that makes a rare form of wheat grow three ovaries per flower instead of one. Since each ovary can potentially develop into a grain of wheat, the ...

Researchers discovered the gene that gives a rare wheat variety its unusual “triple-grain” trait. When switched on, the gene helps wheat flowers produce extra grain-bearing parts. The finding could ...

Plains Grains Inc., a cornerstone of wheat quality testing and marketing in the southern Great Plains, during its annual meeting recognized two key figures for their lasting impact: Brad Seabourn and ...

The International Grains Council (IGC) issued its final Grain Market Report for the year on Nov. 20, reporting that wheat, after hitting a five-year low in mid-October, rebounded, and had touched a ...